Books
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Central Park
A new anthology's contributors get lost and subsequently find themselves in the great, leafy plot.
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Alison Bechdel
The graphic novelist dives back in with another intimate memoir about a parent.
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Recap: The Moth Ball 2012
This storytelling gala finds Simon Doonan turning tricks and Martin Scorsese talking treasure
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PEN World Voices Festival
Pick one of its many events while listening to your literary personality
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Geoff Dyer
The writer's latest whimsy, Zona, sucks him into one of Russian cinema's sacred spaces.
Critics’ picks
Celebrating the Stories of John Cheever with Susan Minot, Rick Moody and Elizabeth Strout
- Critics choice
Three notable novelists and story writers celebrate the suburban chronicler during his centennial year.
- Thu May 31
- Center for Fiction
The Moth: Too Close to the Sun: Stories of Flash Points
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
The storytelling giant marks its 1,000th performance event with stories from big names inlcuding Siddhartha Mukherjee.
- Thu May 31
- Cooper Union, Great Hall
Joan Rivers
- Critics choice
- Free
Rivers is still very much alive and raging in the new book I Hate Everyone…Starting with Me.
- Tue Jun 5
- Barnes & Noble Union Square
Eat, Drink and Be Literary
- Price band: 4/4
- Critics choice
This civilized yet casual evening features dinner, wine and a reading from Ann Patchett, followed by a moderated Q&A about her creative process.
- Until Thu Jun 21
- Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Recent reviews
Review: HHhH by Laurent Binet
- Rated as: 4/5
A French literature professor does his damndest to defend history and the bold characters who made it.
Review: Farther Away by Jonathan Franzen
- Rated as: 3/5
The novelist tides fans over with a collection of sharp, critical essays.
Review: In One Person by John Irving
- Rated as: 2/5
A venerable man of letters plays out a tragedy of contemporary American life in condescending melodrama.
Review: The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger
- Rated as: 4/5
A promising, young novelist delivers two fully realized characters and one idiosyncratic relationship.
Top stories
Being black (as interpreted by nonblack reviewers)
TONY shares lessons from Touré, Baratunde Thurston and Patrice Evans.
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